Review Fix Exclusive: Yawn Talks ‘Wasting Time’ And More

October 26, 2020 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter Yawn, who discusses her new single, Wasting Time and more.

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Yawn: I started writing songs when I was a kid and fell in love with the process. I made my first EP when I was about sixteen, as teens we would rent out halls and host shows for musicians from neighbouring towns. Over the years I played more shows, met more people and I haven’t ever really stopped playing. 

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Yawn: I often have an idea for a song before I start writing anything. I sit with thoughts and ideas for a long time before they become something. I’ll have a line or two in my mind that I’ll start setting to music and the song usually starts to take shape from there. It’s usually really closely connected to the original idea or feeling I had when I first thought about it. 

Review Fix: What inspires you?

Yawn: Big question. I’m inspired by the Black Lives Matter Movement and the BIPOC communities who have shown so much strength and resiliency in the face of inherent and structural racism. There isn’t really anything bigger than that. But I’m also inspired by nature, I go running in the woods, I love looking at art and hearing new and interesting music. I love weird, intelligent female artists like Laura Mvula, Cate Le Bon and Aldous Harding. I’m inspired by the people I love most, especially the ones who have opted to live their lives the way they’ve always wanted to. 

Review Fix: What does music mean to you?

Yawn: Hmm. Music is how I connect to a deeper part of myself that is only available on occasion. It’s a connection to space and time and the infinite that operates outside of my earthly body in another realm. Music is also hard though, it’s also this weight that I carry. A kind of beautiful burden I know I’ll always bear. Wow this question is intense! I think that’s the best way I can answer it. 

Review Fix: How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard you?

Yawn: I usually describe Yawn as a synth dream-pop project. A bit ethereal, dreamy, hopefully it takes you somewhere else. 

Review Fix: How are your live shows different from your studio work?

Yawn: My live shows include a lot of jokes. Like maybe too many jokes,  but that’s part of who I am I can’t really help it. 

Review Fix: What inspired your latest single?

Yawn: This single is about persevering in the face of adversity. It’s about holding onto your dreams and not giving up, in spite of the many challenges that arise. 

Review Fix: What are your goals for the rest of 2020?

Yawn: I’m really hoping to record an album this year. 

Review Fix: What’s next?

Yawn: Currently about to start working with an LA based director who is making a video for this single. It involves a flower monster. 

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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